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MM Links April 2012 Week 2
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Hello again. Here is week 2's challenge from “Regal Roslyn”.
A Weather Report:
If Les Dennis (Family Fortunes) were to ask his television audience of one hundred the question "What is the most common topic of conversation when two people meet?", the top answer would unquestionably be The Weather! This is hardly surprising, considering the way that the weather affects our lives and the way that we live. The highs and lows of our weather seem to match the highs and lows of our lives, and we tend to recall the scorching summers of long past or the winters when the snow lay deep and crisp and even far more readily than the nondescript wet summers and mild winters of recent years. Many blame global warming for the demise of the classic nostalgic golden summers and snowy deep midwinters of yesteryear, but its cause is still open to debate.
The weather statistics in the British Isles make interesting reading. What are your memories of the hot/cold/wet/snowy/windy weather? Most of us will remember the scorcher of 1976. What memories of 1976 can you recall? Particularly poignant for me - the end of May saw the end of my Finals and then hanging around for 3 weeks to get our results. The weather was amazing and we just laid around all day with nothing to do!! I took my driving test and got my degree results on June 21st - both very successful outcomes. 1976 was also the year I met my future husband! It was a significant year for him too as "his" football team Southampton beat Man Utd 1-0 in the FA Cup at Wembley and he was there! He also saw Elton John in concert in Leeds ( I missed out by a few months! But John is making up for it this June when we have tickets to see Elton at Chesterfield - better late than never!) The temperature reached 80°F every day between 22 June and 16 July. For 15 consecutive days from 23 June to 7 July inclusive, temperatures reached 90°F somewhere in England on each of these 15 days. The hottest day of 1976 was 3 July, with temperatures reaching 96.6°Fin Cheltenham, one of the hottest July days on record in the UK.
A Weather Report:
If Les Dennis (Family Fortunes) were to ask his television audience of one hundred the question "What is the most common topic of conversation when two people meet?", the top answer would unquestionably be The Weather! This is hardly surprising, considering the way that the weather affects our lives and the way that we live. The highs and lows of our weather seem to match the highs and lows of our lives, and we tend to recall the scorching summers of long past or the winters when the snow lay deep and crisp and even far more readily than the nondescript wet summers and mild winters of recent years. Many blame global warming for the demise of the classic nostalgic golden summers and snowy deep midwinters of yesteryear, but its cause is still open to debate.
The weather statistics in the British Isles make interesting reading. What are your memories of the hot/cold/wet/snowy/windy weather? Most of us will remember the scorcher of 1976. What memories of 1976 can you recall? Particularly poignant for me - the end of May saw the end of my Finals and then hanging around for 3 weeks to get our results. The weather was amazing and we just laid around all day with nothing to do!! I took my driving test and got my degree results on June 21st - both very successful outcomes. 1976 was also the year I met my future husband! It was a significant year for him too as "his" football team Southampton beat Man Utd 1-0 in the FA Cup at Wembley and he was there! He also saw Elton John in concert in Leeds ( I missed out by a few months! But John is making up for it this June when we have tickets to see Elton at Chesterfield - better late than never!) The temperature reached 80°F every day between 22 June and 16 July. For 15 consecutive days from 23 June to 7 July inclusive, temperatures reached 90°F somewhere in England on each of these 15 days. The hottest day of 1976 was 3 July, with temperatures reaching 96.6°Fin Cheltenham, one of the hottest July days on record in the UK.
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Who can remember the winter of 1962/63, the coldest since 1740? The big freeze began in late Dec and continued until early March with lakes and rivers freezing over. Average temperatures stayed below zero for two consecutive months. In January Dartmoor had a 25ft snowdrift. One of my memories of the snow was quite recently that of Dec 1990 when our Derbyshire village had no power for 3 days. Schools were closed, John couldn't get to work, days were spent sledging in the fields until the children got too cold and we had to trudge home to get warm by the gas fire. Evenings were spent huddling round the said fire playing boardgames by candlelight.
Scotland can boast the coldest UK temperature of -27.2°C recorded at Braemar in Jan 1982 with England having a lowest of -26.1 °C in Newport in Shropshire in the same month. Wales' record is somewhat higher at -23.3°C in Powys was in Jan 1940 with N Ireland positively balmy at -18.7°C in County Tyrone, Dec 2010. No doubt our friends the "Ont-ices" can beat theses records by a mile!!! England can boast the highest UK temperature of 38.5°C in Aug 2003.
The Great Storm of Oct 1987 will also be familiar to most of us particularly Michael Fish who reported several hours before the storm hit "Earlier on today a woman rang the BBC and said she had heard there was a hurricane on the way. Well, if you're watching, don't worry, there isn't. Actually the weather will become very windy, but most of the strong winds will be down over Spain and across into France" ! Oh dear! The storm caused much damage over England felling over 15million trees including six of the famous seven oak trees in Sevenoaks. Winds of up to 122mph were recorded in Norfolk. The storm was responsible for 16 deaths in England.
If you don't like rain, it's not advisable to live near Dalness in Scotland or Seathwaite near Keswick in the Northern Lake District as they both receive around 125 inches of rain per year. Talking of Seathwaite, there’s a story that many years ago a major tyre company wanted to test a new wet weather tyre so they offered free tyres to the residents of Seathwaite. Only problem was, that year the north west of England had a drought and no rain fell in Seathwaite all Summer!
Although I adore hot weather - I can lie in the sun all day reading and doing my killer sudokus on holiday, despite my freckles and fair skin - I am always ready for home and whatever the weather may throw at us!
Scotland can boast the coldest UK temperature of -27.2°C recorded at Braemar in Jan 1982 with England having a lowest of -26.1 °C in Newport in Shropshire in the same month. Wales' record is somewhat higher at -23.3°C in Powys was in Jan 1940 with N Ireland positively balmy at -18.7°C in County Tyrone, Dec 2010. No doubt our friends the "Ont-ices" can beat theses records by a mile!!! England can boast the highest UK temperature of 38.5°C in Aug 2003.
The Great Storm of Oct 1987 will also be familiar to most of us particularly Michael Fish who reported several hours before the storm hit "Earlier on today a woman rang the BBC and said she had heard there was a hurricane on the way. Well, if you're watching, don't worry, there isn't. Actually the weather will become very windy, but most of the strong winds will be down over Spain and across into France" ! Oh dear! The storm caused much damage over England felling over 15million trees including six of the famous seven oak trees in Sevenoaks. Winds of up to 122mph were recorded in Norfolk. The storm was responsible for 16 deaths in England.
If you don't like rain, it's not advisable to live near Dalness in Scotland or Seathwaite near Keswick in the Northern Lake District as they both receive around 125 inches of rain per year. Talking of Seathwaite, there’s a story that many years ago a major tyre company wanted to test a new wet weather tyre so they offered free tyres to the residents of Seathwaite. Only problem was, that year the north west of England had a drought and no rain fell in Seathwaite all Summer!
Although I adore hot weather - I can lie in the sun all day reading and doing my killer sudokus on holiday, despite my freckles and fair skin - I am always ready for home and whatever the weather may throw at us!
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